Reliability Engineer

Autoneum; Oregon (OH); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Autoneum, a global leader in acoustic and thermal management for vehicles, seeks a Reliability Engineer to ensure equipment and processes operate safely and with minimal downtime. You will identify failures, improve maintenance strategies, and enhance asset reliability.

Responsibilities include RCFA, preventive and predictive tools, KPI reports, and collaboration with maintenance and operations to reduce downtime and extend asset life.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial engineering, or related field.
• 3–5+ years in reliability/maintenance engineering or asset management.
• Familiar with reliability-centered maintenance, RCFA, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience with CMMS and data analytics tools.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor equipment performance and reliability metrics.
• Conduct RCFA for equipment failures.
• Develop preventive and predictive reliability tools.
• Analyze maintenance data to identify trends.
• Support operations in troubleshooting issues.
• Prepare reliability reports and KPIs.
• Participate in risk assessments (FMEA).
• Ensure safety and environmental standards compliance.

Skills

Reliability engineering

RCFA

FMEA

Data analysis

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in engineering

Tools

MS Office

Minitab

CMMS

Job description

Autoneum is globally leading in acoustic and thermal management for light and commercial vehicles. The Company develops and produces multifunctional, lightweight and sustainable components and systems for interior floor, interior trim as well as engine bay and underbody. Customers include almost all automobile manufacturers in Europe, North & South America, Asia and Africa. The Company with its head-quarters in Winterthur, Switzerland, is listed on the SIX Swiss Ex-change (ticker symbol AUTN).

Summary

The Reliability Engineer is responsible for ensuring that equipment, systems, or processes operate safely, efficiently, and with minimal downtime. They identify potential failures, improve maintenance strategies, and enhance system reliability.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze equipment performance and reliability.
• Conduct root cause failure analysis (RCFA) for equipment breakdowns.
• Develop and implement preventive and predictive reliability tools to monitor asset health, benchmark performance, and extend critical asset life.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability and reduce downtime.
• Analyze maintenance and operational data to identify trends and recommend improvements.
• Support maintenance and operations teams in troubleshooting complex equipment issues.
• Develop reliability reports, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Participate in risk assessments such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Recommend equipment modifications and process improvements to increase asset life.
• Participate in all plant wide communications.
• Assist other Autoneum plants, as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education / Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• 3–5+ years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, or asset management.
• Knowledge of reliability-centered maintenance, FMEA, and root cause analysis.
• Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

Language Ability

• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedures.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees and customers.

Math Ability

• Basics math skills are required.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret instructions and deal with abstract and concrete variables.

Computer Skills

• Proficient in MS Office software (inc. PowerPoint, Word, and Excel)
• Minitab.

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